so i remember the john bolton episode pretty well. our democratic friends felt like that john bolton, he didn't have the information needed to make an informed decision about ambassador bolton's qualifications, john the ambassador, and democrats dug in their heels and said we are not going to vote, we are not going to consider this nomination until we get basic answers to our concerns. all i can tell you that the concerns i have are greater today than they were before. and we are not even close to getting the basic answers. >> i have many more questions that need to be answered. >> it's likely that jay carny, the white house spokesman, will get questions on the benghazi attack and the meeting today with ambassador rice. you can follow that live. we'll have it for you on c-span.org at 12:30 eastern. on capitol hill today the house is returning from its thanksgiving recess. they'll be in briefly at 2:00 p.m. eastern. legislative business at 4:30 eastern. on their agenda this afternoon five bills, including a measure requiring the depart